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Linn Selle

@linnselle.bsky.social
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European enthusiast in Berlin | Europe Centre @dgap.org | former president @netzwerk-ebd.de 2018-2024

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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
“I would say that currently power is moving away from Paris and Berlin it isn’t moving anywhere in particular.” with @euractiv.com I talked about what a recalibration of (economic) power of Germany means for 🇪🇺 www.euractiv.com/news/germany...
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Germany's waning influence is nobody's gain | Euractiv
Economic and political power is ebbing away from Berlin. But where is it going?
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Though enlargement was not prominantly #EuCo, happy to share a piece I wrote for Euractiv: EU urgently needs to prepare for being a bigger Union 📍Public discourse: Anticipate fears and proactively discuss a bigger 🇪🇺, its advantages (&challenges) 📍Institutions: Make sure EU is itself fit to enlarge
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Mit WELT TV habe ich über die heutigen Verhandlungen gesprochen 👇 Zur Headline würde ich gerne noch hinzufügen "Deutschland zahlt mit Abstand am meisten, bekommt aber auch meisten heraus" 🙃 www.welt.de/videos/video...
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Volumen von zwei Billionen Euro: Streit um EU-Haushalt – „Deutschland zahlt mit Abstand am meisten“ - Video - WELT
Auf dem EU-Gipfel in Brüssel wird der Haushalt für die Jahre 2028 bis 2034 beraten. Der erste Entwurf hat ein Volumen von knapp zwei Billionen Euro. „Es ist im großen Interesse der Bundesregierung, zu...
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 10/06/2026
!!!! This is ridiculous indeed. Again: how did they screw up the cancellation announcement so badly when they were preparing it for months?! #FCAS (Translation: we STILL don’t have the official FCAS jet cancellation announcement even though officials already talk about it)
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Heute beginnt der Staatsbesuch von Bundespräsident Steinmeier in den Niederlanden. Dazu habe ich heute im @deutschlandfunk.de.web.brid.gy in #EuropaHeute gesprochen: share.deutschlandradio.de/dlf-audiothe...
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Deutschland und die Niederlande, wichtige Partner? Interview Linn Selle, DGAP
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Shahin Vallée @shahinvallee.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
My new weekly Notes on Europe. open.substack.com/pub/geoecono...
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Notes on Europe
ECB meeting, G7 in Evian and the missing exchange rate question, the international role of the euro
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
And on the further process: It would be very good to have a more swift process (opening of all clusters) in order for that the Council can concentrate on assessing actual reforms.
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
However: The most sticky thing - and what should be taken most care in Council negotiations - is how to design the safeguards that will kick in if backsliding in Rule of Law and Fundamentals is oberserved. How will such a process be set-up and who will decide on such sanctions kicking in?
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
In many respects, the WEB-candidate countries are already partly integrated - on SEPA, roaming, Horizon Europe. The value here lies in the broader spheres like energy and Digital Single Market.
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The paper is very concrete in what steps could be taken to accelerate gradual and sectoral integration also in the Internal Market. The challenge will be here on how to find the balance between ability to participate and general safeguards to secure the Internal Market
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
It is very good to make proposals to include not only Ukraine but also the other candidates in the political structures of the EU - the Council and Parliament - and to thus contribute to this "socialisation of EU integration"
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Yesterday, Germany and France published a Non-Paper on how to drive the enlargement process with the Western Balkans and Moldova. First of all: Good to have a joint proposal from 🇩🇪 & 🇫🇷 after the single-handed letter from Chancellor Merz on associated membership for 🇺🇦. Some first thoughts 👇
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Inkl. der Unterstützung eines dauerhaften afrikanisches Sitzes im Sicherheitsrat. Am Ende des Tages kommt es auf eine gut koordinierte europäische Position an.
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Wahrscheinlich eine unpopular Opinion, aber wäre nicht jetzt der Moment, dass Deutschland sich gemeinsam mit Partnern für einen EU-Sitz im Sicherheitsrat einsetzt?
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
You just gotta love the snarky sense of humour - in a country where the catholic church still holds major influence
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Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
As Brad notes: China didn't respond to Germany's "engineering" surplus by sitting on its hands -- it had a rather active industrial policy to substitute Chinese production for German imports (including by buying and digesting Kuka), and now it turbocharges its exports with a weak currency
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
So it's not Ukrainian grain, it's the good old German potato destroying the Polish market www.euractiv.com/news/poland-...
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Poland pushes 'potato patriotism' amid import surge | Euractiv
A surplus is pitting EU growers against each other
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Super excited that we @dgap.org @ipq.bsky.social are launching a new article series on the intersection of EU enlargement and reform! We aim at looking at Berlin's stance but also how other member states perceive this debate 🇪🇺💪
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
FREDERIKSEN: Problem for us Europeans is we still think and behave as if we're in peacetime. We're no longer in peacetime, so we have to change our mindset. If we don't do that, Russia is going to win. Because their mindset has never been in peacetime. They're always in wartime.
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I am wondering, why the German government is still proposing the E3 should take a more prominent role in potential ceasefire negotiations with Russia and not including Poland in those crucial discussions on future security on the European continent www.welt.de/politik/ausl...
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Johann Wadephul im Interview: „Die militärische Option gegenüber Iran besteht“ - WELT
Bundesaußenminister Wadephul warnt Teheran vor möglichen Konsequenzen, sollte eine Einigung mit den USA erneut scheitern. Berlins Verhältnis zu Washington hält er für stabil.
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
But hey, it wouldnt be EU politics, if there would be no room for compromise, which 🇩🇪 would be advised to communicate more on potential safety nets than fostering the full-frontal QMV approach
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The dilemma on EU reform in two strategic documents: FM Wadephul in his first major EU speech yesterday, advocating for more #QMV esp. in #CSDP, whilst the new Polish Foreign Policy Strategy underlining that unanimity is a "matter of principle" for Poland.
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
This report on the transparency of NGEU funds will likely have an impact on how the question of a move towards a more targets-based approach in the MFF will be discussed euobserver.com/215124/where...
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Where did the EU’s Covid recovery money go? Auditors say it’s hard to tell
Because transparency rules are weak, it remains difficult to tell what €577bn in Covid-spending has achieved and who ultimately received it.
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Katalin Halmai @eublogo.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
🇭🇺 Hungarian elections Hungary will once again be a strong ally in the EU and NATO, Péter Magyar said in his victory speech. “Europe, Europe, Europe,” chanted the crowd. “We will rebuild our international relations and put our relations with our neighbors in order”, he added.
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Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
🧵 Thread of European leaders reacting to Péter Magyar's victory and Viktor Orbán's defeat. Ursula von der Leyen: "Hungary has chosen Europe. Europe has always chosen Hungary. A country reclaims its European path. The Union grows stronger."
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
"So long and thanks for the fish" (from Victor Orban's concession speech, via 444.hu)
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
And I am curious what Victor Orban will do now, can't imagine him being solely the opposition leader
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
This is momentous! Although the Polish example shows how hard it will be to dismantle an illiberal system by liberal democratic means.
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Jakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
🇺🇸🇵🇱🗳️ We really need JD Vance to visit Poland just before the 2027 vote and endorse PiS.
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
This starts as a promising tendency.
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Now it's on: Will #Tisza profit from a seemingly high voter turnout in #Hungary? Even if Tisza would win the question would be if a supermajority is possible to reverse some parts of the Orban System.
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 02/04/2026
The oil price hike *ought* to be a chance for European railways In 🇩🇪 for example 99% of long distance and 80% of regional rail passenger-km are on ⚡️ railways No transport mode is better sheltered from price hikes Can the rail sector seize the opportunity? jonworth.eu/rising-fuel-...
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Rising fuel costs due to the Iran conflict give European railways an opportunity - can they seize it?
Go back a couple of short years to the months prior to the 2024 European Elections, and railways were trying to set their political direction. This was is in CER's manifesto (PDF): "the regulatory fr...
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Yes, the “people” are the problem… not the energy-wasting businesses and the politicians who protect and subsidize them, of course. This is the second major fossil fuel crisis in 5 years. If this is not a wake up call to transition to renewable energy, I don’t know what is.
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Or: how to square the circle
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Verhältnis zu Russland: Es braucht Kalkulierbarkeit des Verhältnisses zu Russland, kein neues gemeinsames Europäisches Haus
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Präsident Steinmeier bei #75Jahre @diplo.de: Von den vier Konstanten der deutschen Außenpolitik: - Überwindung der deutsch-deutschen Teilung, - Westbindung, - Aussöhnung nach Osten, - Europäische Integration ist eine nicht mehr vorhanden, sind zwei hinweggefegt, bleibt die 🇪🇺 Integration
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Marc Berthold @marcberthold.eurosky.social · 22/03/2026
In #Marseille wurde der rot-grüne #Bürgermeister #Payan gegen den #RassemblementNational wiedergewählt!
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Absolutely 💚
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Very positive (and given the polls ahead) rather unexpected election result in #Slovenia
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Europäische Bewegung Deutschland e.V. @netzwerk-ebd.de · 18/03/2026
🎤 Im „Nachgefragt bei…“ unseres #EBDnewsletter spricht EBD-Ehrenpräsidentin Dr. @linnselle.bsky.social, Alfred-von-Oppenheim Leiterin des Europa-Zentrums der @dgap.org, mit uns über aktuellen Debatten um Erweiterung, Sicherheit & Handlungsfähigkeit der #EU #EBDnewsletter #EUSky
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
My recommendations: 1) Stick to what you do best. VDL should be strong where she can use the EU's instruments: trade, economic security. This is where COM can make a difference. 2) Choose your battles. Instead of raffling feathers over Iran try to dynamise the EU accession process by moving forward
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
In the Middle East, positions vary widely (see German criticism of VDL's position on Israel), thus Member States are eager to keep their say.
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
In Ukraine such a "diplomatic overreach" has not been a problem as the EU Member States profited from it as they were by and large on the same page
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Formally, the COM Pres has no position in CSDP, different than High-Representative Kaja Kallas, but: she is nevertheless the political head of the Commission and is herself having a geopolitical ambition
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Do we see diplomatic overreach by COM Pres von der Leyen as Politico hinted to today in case of Iran? 👇
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Bernd Hüttemann 🇪🇺 @huettemann.eu · 15/02/2026
Isn't everyone in this so called "board of peace" just an observer anyway? Italy joins. As observer. Good luck, Meloni - this isn't chess, it's macho politics with balls of fire. Careful what you juggle. #ITinEU www.bernama.com/en/world/new...
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Italy To Join Board Of Peace As Observer Country, Says Meloni
Italy, board of peace, observer country
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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 06/02/2026
Remarkable
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Berliner Winter, Symbolbild
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Is this also the case in medical training in Germany? www.belganewsagency.eu/belgian-medi...
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Medical students to receive compulsory training in military medicine
Medical students in Belgium will soon be required to complete basic training in military medicine. The measure was reported on Monday by Het...
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Linn Selle @linnselle.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Rita Süßmuth, die "Unbeugsame". Bis ins hohe Alter so neugierig und intellektuell auf der Höhe zu sein - ein Geschenk. Sich in gesellschaftliche Debatten einzumischen und weiter streitbar zu sein - ein Vorbild. Danke, Rita, für die Gespräche und den klaren Kompass. Mögest du in Frieden ruhen.
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